Spring for vehicles



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G. WHITE.

SPRING FOR VEHICLES.

No. 250,610. Patented Dec. 6,1881.

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GEORGE WHITE, OF GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRING FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,610, dated December6, 1881.

Application filed August 9, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, GEORGE WHITE, a citizen ot' the United States, residingat Greenville, in the county of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Springs for Vehicles; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is afront elevation of my invention and Fig. 2is a perspective view, showing the spring and shackle disconnected fromthe cross-bar.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovements in springs for vehicles; and it consists in the details ofconstruction, substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanyingdrawings, A represents the spring, which is bentaround at its inner end to form an extension-bar, B, which lies directlyover the spring, and is connected at its outer end to the under side ofthe cross-bar or body 0 of the vehicle. At the inner end of the springA, where it is bent around to form the extension-bar B, it is bent insuch manner as to form an eye, by which it is connected to a shackle, a,by a suitable bolt passing through the eye and shackle, as shown. Thepoint at which the eye is connected to the shackle is considerably lowerthan the point at which the outer end of the extension-bar B is securedto the cross-bar or body 0, so that the barB will form an angle of aboutfifteen degrees with the body 0. The spring, as will be seen, curvesdownward and upward, and at its outer end has a suitable eye forconnectingit to the side bar of the vehicle in the ordinarymanner. Thereverse curve of the spring A at its inner end to form the extension-barB brings both the spring and bar in a position to produce a greateramount of motion, and also serves to obviate side motion, and allows therequired vibration. A clip, 1), passes around both spring A andextension B, near their inner ends, and prevents any upward motion thatwould tend to break them.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The spring A, bent, as shown, to form the extension-bar B, said bar atits outer end being connected to the under side of the cross-bar G, andat its inner end to the shackle a at an angle to said cross-bar,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WHITE.

Witnesses:

F. B. REzNoR, I. E. MEEHoUsE.

